File:Hamzanama.jpg
Hamzanama.jpg (472 × 600 pixels, file size: 132 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Summary
anonymous: The Witch Anqarut ties Malik Iraj to a tree
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| Artist |
Unknown Original art commissioned by the great Mughal emperor Akbar. |
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| Title |
The Witch Anqarut ties Malik Iraj to a tree |
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| Part of | Akbar's Hamzanama | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
English: The Witch Anqarut ties Malik Iraj to a tree, ca. 1562-1577, V&A Museum no. IS.1512-1883 The Hamzanama, or 'Book of Hamza' was commissioned by the great Mughal emperor Akbar in the mid-16th century. The epic story of a character based very loosely on the life of the uncle of the Prophet Muhammad chronicles the fantastic adventures of Hamza as he and his band of heroes fight against the enemies of Islam. The stories, from a long-established oral tradition, were written down in Persian, the language of the court, in multiple volumes. These originally had 1400 illustrations, of which fewer than 200 survive today. Work probably began in about 1562 and took 15 years to complete. |
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| Date | Created ca. 1562-1577 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Gouache on prepared cotton backed with paper; Persian text on reverse written on paper backed with cotton; the four layers glued together | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
IS.1512-1883 |
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| Notes | Photo by VAwebteam at English Wikipedia 14 October 2010 (original upload date). Original art commissioned by the great Mughal emperor Akbar. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O66615/painting-the-witch-anqarut-ties-malik/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
The original art is PD. The photo is released under a free license, though that is unnecessary.
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The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
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- 2010-10-14 14:59 VAwebteam 472×600× (135557 bytes) {{Information |Description = The Witch Anqarut ties Malik Iraj to a tree, ca. 1562-1577, V&A Museum no. IS.1512-1883 The Hamzanama, or 'Book of Hamza' was commissioned by the great Mughal emperor Akbar in the mid-16th century. The epic story of a cha
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| current | 12:13, 14 May 2013 | | 472 × 600 (132 KB) | wikimediacommons>File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske) | Transfered from en.wikipedia by User:Quadell using CommonsHelper |
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